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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp. announced availability of the RoHS-compliant PE64904 and PE64905 DuNE™ Digitally Tunable Capacitors (DTC). The new 5-bit, 32-state digitally controlled variable capacitors provide a monolithically integrated impedance tuning solution for demanding RF applications. These UltraCMOS™-based devices enable wide-band tunable networks, minimizing mismatch losses, improving system efficiency and...

Skyworks Solutions Inc. closed its acquisition of SiGe Semiconductor Inc. , a leading global supplier of radio frequency (RF) front-end solutions that are facilitating wireless multimedia across a wide range of applications. The companies entered into a definitive agreement on May 17, 2011. Per the terms of the agreement,...

OMMIC announced the release of 10 new MMICs for Telecommunication and Radar applications including Ultra Low Noise Amplifiers, Power amplifiers and Control Functions from 5 to 160 GHz. OMMIC has significantly reduced the Noise Figure for commercially available Low Noise covering the 5 – 7, 18 – 26, 25...

RF Micro Devices Inc. announced that RFMD® has surpassed two million units in cumulative shipments of its Multi-Chip Modules (MCMs) supporting 3G base station transceiver (BST) applications for the wireless infrastructure end market. Bob Van Buskirk, president of RFMD's Multi-Market Products Group (MPG), said, "The shipment of over two...

TowerJazz announced availability of its wireless antenna switch SOI process technology applicable to multiple wireless standards. SOI based solutions cost substantially less than legacy solutions based on GaAs PHEMT or silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) technologies. The TowerJazz SOI technology is unique relative to other SOI processes in that it maintains full...

NXP Semiconductors has launched the first near field communication (NFC) Partner Program to support mobile phone and consumer device manufacturers wanting to integrate NFC into upcoming designs in China and Taiwan. Since the co-creation of the NFC standard and the NFC Forum, NXP has been at the forefront of...